The hint comes courtesy of the main man, X-Files creator Chris Carter, who told TVLine the initially disappointing news that he actually had to write Patrick out of a season 11 episode because of his commitment to CBS's Scorpion.

The upcoming season is likely to delve deeper into the unholy alliance that Agent Reyes made with the Cigarette Smoking Man prior to the invasion in season 10 finale 'My Struggle II'.

Carter has previously tipped that season 11 will heavily reference the show's mythology by sending Mulder and Scully on a search for their lost son William, as well as bring back Mulder's half-brother Jeffrey Spender (Chris Owens) and Langly (Dean Haglund) of the Lone Gunmen.